Drag Sail to be Tested during Upcoming Space Mission
A rocket is going up into space with a drag sail. The goal? To bring the rocket back to Earth, preventing it from becoming like the thousands of pieces of space junk in Earth’s lower orbit. The drag sail, developed by Purdue University engineers, will be on board a Firefly Aerospace rocket expected to launch in November from Vandenberg Air Force Base in…
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